Joseph Ripa

Joseph Ripa (3 July 1939-) was the county clerk of Camden County, New Jersey from June 2009. He was the father of television personality and actress Kelly Ripa.

Biography
Joseph Ripa was born in Stratford, Camden County, New Jersey in 1939, and he served in the US Army and worked as a bus driver before becoming involved with his union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 880. He became its vice president in 1983 and its president in 1991, and he served as a Democratic county freeholder from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, he was elected county clerk.